A Black Hole of Happiness

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
When I was young, I guess about 12 or so, I saw a movie called Christiane F, which was about a German heroin addict. For some reason, it got stuck in my head that heroin was a German issue and no one outside Germany used heroin. This was despite much evidence to the contrary, and of course I appreciated at some level that people in other countries used heroin, but what was stuck in my brain was unfortunately stuck in my brain.

So when I was 19 or so, and this girl told me that her boyfriend had a heroin problem, one of the first things I asked was "Oh, is he German?" She was not expecting that question.

From the anti-drug films in elementary school, I learned that all heroin addicts are black people. Are there a lot of African-Americans in Germany?

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
When I was young, I guess about 12 or so, I saw a movie called Christiane F, which was about a German heroin addict. For some reason, it got stuck in my head that heroin was a German issue and no one outside Germany used heroin. This was despite much evidence to the contrary, and of course I appreciated at some level that people in other countries used heroin, but what was stuck in my brain was unfortunately stuck in my brain.

So when I was 19 or so, and this girl told me that her boyfriend had a heroin problem, one of the first things I asked was "Oh, is he German?" She was not expecting that question.

A heroin heroine!

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Only Germans have heroin problems

I was a very naive but well-read child. I had a VERY difficult time acknowledging that heroin was a bad drug when the heroines of the books I read seemed to be good and inspirational.

I also got in trouble in fourth grade when some boys wrote the word FUCK on a piece of paper and asked me to pronounce it. I said it was not a word, but if it were a word it would be pronounced "fuck." They pretended they couldn't hear me so I kept saying it louder, always explaining afterwords that it wasn't even a word so it didn't matter. The teacher eventually understood that I wasn't trying to be difficult but was actually that naive when I started crying and made it clear to her that I honestly thought I was in trouble for being "bossy" or uppity by telling the boys they had spelled a word that did not exist. I had absolutely no idea that it was a bad word.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
A heroin heroine!

Hah!

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
2. And though it isn't technically a "drug" of the definition Hank meant (illegal, I assume), "Leaving Las Vegas." It was also a great accidental comedy. The scenes where he's fucked up and falling down or talking into the wrong end of the phone are really funny in a dark way. The scene with Richard Lewis in the restautrant is also pretty amazing.

Agree that LLV can be really funny if you're in the right mood...as opposed to the scene where the kid gets his head blown off in the back of Jules/Vincent's car in Pulp Fiction - that scene is always funny.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I was a very naive but well-read child. I had a VERY difficult time acknowledging that heroin was a bad drug when the heroines of the books I read seemed to be good and inspirational.

I also got in trouble in fourth grade when some boys wrote the word FUCK on a piece of paper and asked me to pronounce it. I said it was not a word, but if it were a word it would be pronounced "fuck." They pretended they couldn't hear me so I kept saying it louder, always explaining afterwords that it wasn't even a word so it didn't matter. The teacher eventually understood that I wasn't trying to be difficult but was actually that naive when I started crying and made it clear to her that I honestly thought I was in trouble for being "bossy" or uppity by telling the boys they had spelled a word that did not exist. I had absolutely no idea that it was a bad word.

It's not a bad word, as long as the two people love each other......and are married.....oh! and have different kinds of genitals.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
2. And though it isn't technically a "drug" of the definition Hank meant (illegal, I assume), "Leaving Las Vegas." It was also a great accidental comedy. The scenes where he's fucked up and falling down or talking into the wrong end of the phone are really funny in a dark way. The scene with Richard Lewis in the restautrant is also pretty amazing.

Okay, i meant which of the really bad propaganda TV movies of the week "don't do drugs" movies was the best.

AND Drugstore Cowboy sort of had an appeal to the lifestyle, and LLV lifestyle gets you a really pretty GF. But i remember christina F. and loved that. I can't really remember if bad things happen becasue of the drugs there though.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Okay, i meant which of the really bad propaganda TV movies of the week "don't do drugs" movies was the best.

AND Drugstore Cowboy sort of had an appeal to the lifestyle, and LLV lifestyle gets you a really pretty GF. But i remember christina F. and loved that. I can't really remember if bad things happen becasue of the drugs there though.

I think there was a Dragnet where Friday responded to a complaint of a guy in the park with his face painted blue trying to eat the bark off a tree.

eta video here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xngx8_dragnet-lsd

Upon review, his pupils don't look nearly large enough.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
From the anti-drug films in elementary school, I learned that all heroin addicts are black people. Are there a lot of African-Americans in Germany?

I saw an anti-drug film in grade school that featured Roy from Emergency going through withdrawl. So it's not all black Germans.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
I saw an anti-drug film in grade school that featured Roy from Emergency going through withdrawl. So it's not all black Germans.

The only anti-drug film I remember involved, in the only scene I can remember, a kid on angel dust (PCP!) jumping off a freeway overpass.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
It's not a bad word, as long as the two people love each other......and are married.....oh! and have different kinds of genitals.

What do you mean by "different"?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I think there was a Dragnet where Friday responded to a complaint of a guy in the park with his face painted blue trying to eat the bark off a tree.

That was aTV episode, not movie, although I think there was a Dragnet movie where he was after drug guys. If we open the door to TV Episodes the My 3 Sons where Chip accidentally huffs gasoline is the best one.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
2. And though it isn't technically a "drug" of the definition Hank meant (illegal, I assume), "Leaving Las Vegas." It was also a great accidental comedy. The scenes where he's fucked up and falling down or talking into the wrong end of the phone are really funny in a dark way. The scene with Richard Lewis in the restautrant is also pretty amazing.

Cage's whole performance was derivative of Hanks' brilliant turn in Family Ties.

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by dtb
What do you mean by "different"?

this is tougher than I thought. Male only with female, female only with male, those are easy, but can shape shifter be with either or neither?

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
That was aTV episode, not movie, although I think there was a Dragnet movie where he was after drug guys. If we open the door to TV Episodes the My 3 Sons where Chip accidentally huffs gasoline is the best one.

It doesn't hold a candle to the hash brownie episode of Barney Miller.